Drippity Doo Da

Did you know that in Southern California you're supposed to get your roof checked and maintained by a professional roofer every year around September before the rainy season starts? I didn't. So now I have a giant, watery, plaster blister in my ceiling. All because of an open nail hole in the roof.

I don't understand why all the meteorologists were insisting this winter was going to be a La Nina. I think even my garden is getting tired of the rain.

-J

The End of Holes

I (unfortunately) had to move this week and the only good thing that came out of it was this:

Acrylic latex caulk.  A miracle product. 

Worms!

It's been raining so hard I haven't been able to do any gardening, so instead I made a worm bin! There's supposedly 50 worms in there right now. I didn't actually count when I added them. Not too many, but I thought I'd start small (also I'm being cheap). Hopefully they'll multiply quickly. The instructions for building the bin are available online from the WSU extension. (Thanks Yoonjo for the link!) It was SOOO easy.

I'm a Sucker

Last Friday, I attended a work Christmas Party and through the glass door of the house, I saw the cutest stray kitten ever.  After feeding it chucks of spiral cut ham, I knew I had to take her home.

Leo meeting the new kitten.

Review of Master Nursery Bumper Crop - worse than poop

I hate that my first review of a product has to be negative. In fact, I'd been holding out on posting this because I wanted to first have a lab test the product. But I've gotten the results, and I have to say, Master Nursery brand's Bumper Crop Soil Builder is just not a product I will ever use again.

Here's the full review...

Conserv O Gram - Easy to read information on preserving your personal treasures, or how to hoard for future generations

You may have noticed a new link in our Stuff We Like section to the National Park Service's Conserv O Gram. This is not a newsletter about trees. I swear.
Conserv O Gram is actually a series of pamphlets about preserving and caring for museum collections of all kinds. However, the information is also really helpful for anyone who wants to take care of their personal heirlooms and treasures, everything from photographs to old quilts. And for you hoarders, there's information to help make your stacks and stacks of newspapers last as long as possible...

The Joy of Being Alive

Sometimes I wonder why...
-E

Don't Eat the Edibles of Tomorrowland - A Botanical Tour of Disneyland

Going off on a little bit of a tangent, today we will venture out of my very idiosyncratic DIY garden, and instead look at the super professional gardens of Disneyland. A cynical person might say this is probably because I didn't get any work done this weekend and these were the only photos I had to share. Well, they may be right, but don't you want to know why you should never eat the edible plants at Tomorrowland?

So here's a little album and commentary of plants from my trip...